Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished dagger as well. She has silver hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Tiaathque alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a grey shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Dustin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quillathe studied abroad. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his greataxe. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Darrak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 sp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Borgu was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Seamstress for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear yellow tank tops with green pants. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Rose (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Jade (110 gp).